OTHER VIOLATIONS EXPERIENCED BY MYANMAR JOURNALISTS Journalists in Myanmar experienced a range of human rights violations intended to censor them that were outside of this report’s focus on deprivation of liberty. The military killed at least one journalist who was not detained at the time, and others were subjected to life-changing violence with no hope of independent investigations under conditions of widespread impunity.52 The military increased surveillance and communications interception to track down and detain dissenters, including journalists.53 Online intimidation of journalists, such as doxing, was widespread.54 Many journalists went into hiding or traveled abroad to escape.55 The military then intimidated and detained escaped journalists’ families and unlawfully confiscated their assets.56 Operating underground or in exile abroad was insecure with serious consequences for journalists’ economic rights, association rights, and their physical, emotional, psychological, and social wellbeing.57 ‘‘ The military killed at least one journalist who was not detained at the time, and others were subjected to lifechanging violence with no hope of independent investigations under conditions of widespread impunity. 52 Sai Win Aung was killed by military artillery fire. Committee to Protect Journalists (2023), “10 Journalists and Media Workers Killed in Myanmar”. Journalists received bullet wounds while reporting: Amnesty (2021), “Myanmar: Cease persecution of journalists”. 53 Freedom House (2023), “Freedom on the net: Myanmar”. 54 Military supporters “doxed” journalists on Telegram by publicly sharing their home addresses and family information alongside calls for them to be punished. 55 International Federation of Journalists (2021), “Myanmar: Exiled but not silenced”. 56 The Irrawaddy (2022), “Myanmar Junta Seizes Anti-Regime Celebrity and Journalist Homes”. 57 Al Jazeera (2022), “Trauma haunts journalists, human rights workers in Myanmar”. 19